The State Border Service of Ukraine says Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko crossed the border legally when travelling to the Maldives for a vacation in early 2018.
Ukraine has introduced a new system of biometric control for foreigners entering Ukraine as of January 1, 2018; it is applicable to citizens of 70 states designated as countries of "migration risk," Russia is among them.
All checkpoints on the administrative border between Crimea and mainland Ukraine have resumed work after they were shut down in the early hours on Wednesday, according to Russian media outlets.
Two Ukrainian border guards who have been abducted on the border with Russia in Sumy region, Ukraine's north, have been delivered to Moscow's Lefortovo detention center, according to a source.
Former governor of Ukraine's Odesa region and ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili has read and signed an administrative violation protocol, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Chairman of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy says the issue of introducing visa regime with the Russian Federation remains relevant, despite the introduction of biometric passports for the entry of foreigners, including Russians, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Hrytsak has told a Kyiv briefing Saturday he believes that it is necessary to introduce criminal liability for people’s deputies and politicians for their trips to Russia, 112 Ukraine TV channel reports.
Former head of the Odesa Regional State Administration Mikheil Saakashvili, whose acquired Ukrainian citizenship was earlier revoked, can return to Ukraine only after obtaining a visa, Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yevhen Yenin wrote on Facebook.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has registered the draft Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code of Ukraine regarding liability for illegal crossing of the state border (No.7017).
Moscow will take measures in response to tightening by the Kyiv government of the border crossing regulations for Russian citizens, "which can be considered a visa regime," first deputy head of the Defense and Security Committee of the Council of Federation Franz Klintsevich said Monday, RIA Novosti reports.